Baldwin Locomotive Works

Baldwin Locomotive Works (abbreviated: BLW) was an American manufacturing company of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1951, originally located in Philadelphia but moving to Eddystone, Pennsylvania, for a long time it was the world's largest producer of steam locomotives, after the success of diesel locomotives began in the demand for them, in 1951 it would produce its last of 70,000 locomotives before merging with Lima-Hamilton to make way for the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation.

 Locomotives 

 Switchers 
Model designationBuild yearTotal producedAAR wheel arrangementPrime moverPower outputImageVO-6601939–1946142B-B6-VO DS-4-4-6601946–1949139B-B606NA150x150pxDS-4-4-7501949–195153B-B606NAS-81950–195454 A units9 B unitsB-B606RS-4-TC1953–195574B-BCaterpillar D397150x150pxVO-10001939–1946548B-B8-VO150x150pxDS-4-4-10001946–194856B-B608NA150x150pxDS-4-4-10001948–1951446B-B606SCS-121951–1956451B-B606A150x150px

 Transfer units 
Model designationBuild yearTotal producedAAR wheel arrangementPrime moverPower outputImageDT-6-6-200019461C-C608NA (×2)DT-6-6-20001948–195045C-C606SC (×2)150x150pxRT-6241951–195424C-C606A (×2)

 Road switchers 
Model designationBuild yearTotal producedAAR wheel arrangementPrime moverPower outputImage0-6-6-0 1000/1194530 for USSRC-C8-VODRS-6-4-660NA1946–1948100 for SNCF6 for MoroccoA1A-A1A606NA150x150pxDRS-6-4-75019491 for MoroccoA1A-A1A606NADRS-6-4-10001948–194920 for AlgeriaA1A-A1A606SCDRS-4-4-10001948–19509 (USA)13 (Canada)B-B606SC150x150pxRS-121951–195650B-B606A150x150pxDRS-6-4-15001946–195291A1A-A1A608SC150x150pxAS-4161950–195525A1A-A1A608ADRS-4-4-15001947–195035B-B608SCAS-161950–1955127B-B608ADRS-6-6-15001948–195083C-C608SC150x150pxAS-6161950–1954214 A units7 B unitsC-C608A150x150px

 Cab units 
Model designationBuild yearTotal producedAAR wheel arrangementprincipal motorPower outputImage4-8+8-4-750/8-DE194312-D-D-2408 (×8)(only 4 of the 8 engines actually installed)0-6-6-0 1000/1 DE194530 for Soviet RailroadsC-C1,000 hp (750 kW)DR-12-8-1500/2"Centipede"1945–1948562-D-D-2608SC (×2)100x100pxDR-6-4-200019452A1A-A1A8-VO (×2)DR-6-4-20001946–19489A1A-A1A608NA (×2)DR-6-4-2000"Sharknose"194818 A units9 B unitsA1A-A1A606SC (×2)DR-6-2-100019481A1A-3606SC (×1)DR-6-4-15001947–19487 A units2 B unitsA1A-A1A608SCDR-4-4-1500"Babyface"1947–194822 A units11 B unitsB-B608SCDR-4-4-1500"Sharknose"1949–195036 A units36 B unitsB-B608SCRF-16"Sharknose"1950–1953109 A units51 B unitsB-B608A100x100pxRF 615 E1195351Co-CoBaldwin 608-A1500 caballos de fuerza100x100pxRP-2101956–19573B-212-Maybach

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 Other websites 

 Baldwin Locomotive Works builders cards held by the DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University.
 Baldwin Locomotive Works Engineering Drawings held by the DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University.
 Preserved Baldwin Steam Locomotives
 SteamLocomotive.com – a large amount of information on steam locomotives.
 Baldwin locomotives used in Finland
 Baldwin Locomotive Works collection (engine registers and order books) 1833–1956  Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Category:Trains
Category:1825 establishments in the United States
Category:1820s establishments in Pennsylvania
Category:1951 disestablishments
Category:1950s disestablishments in the United States
Category:20th-century disestablishments in Pennsylvania
Category:Defunct companies of the United States
Category:Locomotive manufacturers
Category:Manufacturing companies of the United States